july 23rd 1909 unknown to walter joseph newitt

jersey, channel islands to canning town, london

186 miles

the message

“Dear Walt

Jersey is quite all right and I think you would have liked a holiday here very much. The island is surrounded by pretty bays you feel you would like to take them home with you. Each one is a picture & I have got some watercolour reproductions by Wimbush that you will be able to transplant. By the way how’s Frances. Getting brown as berries.

????”

the sender

The signature or initial is difficult to read and therefore the sender cannot be identified.

the recipient

Details about Walter Joseph Newitt (1886-1952), including his family tree, can be found by following this link to one of the other cards in which he features.

the places

Jersey, Channel Islands to Canning Town, London

Jersey, Channel Islands featuring St Aubin

Canning Town, London

What the card says to us

The picture shows a view of St Aubin, Jersey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Aubin%2C_Jersey). The card was sent from Jersey.

It is a classic “wish you were here” card. The Sender is not known. It is quite a good advertisement for Jersey in 1909 and the artist Henry Bowser Wimbush (1858-1943). Close inspection is needed to make sure that the sender has written “bays” and not “boys” as this would give the card a completely different complexion.